Editorial: New environmental assessment rules proposed for Canada
On Feb. 8 Canada’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna introduced the 341-page Bill C-69, which seeks to comprehensively alter the current federal legislation…
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Coeur invests in US assets
VANCOUVER — Chicago-based Coeur Mining (NYSE: CDE) has 75% of its company-wide reserves in the U.S., and the company continues to invest on its home turf….
Avalon steps up lithium hunt at Separation Rapids
Avalon Advanced Materials (TSX: AVL; US-OTC: AVLNF) has begun a new drill campaign at its wholly owned Separation Rapids lithium project, 70 km by road…
TSX Venture Exchange inches higher, Feb. 5-9
After falling nearly 90 points in the first week of February, the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index has levelled off, rising 0.2% to finish at 813.39….
TSX down nearly 4%, Feb. 5-9
In one of the most brutal and volatile trading weeks in recent memory, the S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 571.5 points, or 3.7%, to 15,034.53. The…
US markets fall, Feb. 5-9
Gold closed at US$1,315.7 per oz., down 1.2% over the previous week. U.S. markets suffered as the Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index fell 6.6% to…
Premier plans ‘big year’ in Nevada
Having lopped off more than half of its debt last year and with over $100 million in the bank, Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG) is…
Liberty Gold tables maiden resource for Goldstrike
Liberty Gold (TSX: LGD) has completed the first resource estimate on its flagship, wholly owned Goldstrike oxide gold project in southwestern Utah. The project lies…
Klondex sees grades drop at Fire Creek gold mine
VANCOUVER — Klondex Mines (TSX: KDX; NYSE-AM: KLDX) is drilling its Fire Creek underground gold-silver mine in northern Nevada, but grades and ounces in the wider…
Facts ‘n’ Figures: Gold mine production hit all-time high in 2017, WGC finds
The following is an excerpt from the World Gold Council’s new 18-page report, Gold Demand Trends Full Year 2017. View the entire report and more…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 91: The US mining special ft. Mickey Fulp
Subscribe, rate and follow us on SoundCloud, iTunes, YouTube, Google Play, Stitcher or RSS Feed! This week we’re digging into the recent wild ride on North American equity markets (1:00) and talking…
First Cobalt finds new mineralization at Keeley
First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) has found near-surface disseminated cobalt and silver mineralization outside the veins that were the focus of historic underground mining…